Net Content Control

Manufacturers in the food and packaging industries must comply with filling requirements for Net Contents (weight) control. The vast majority of all regulations use MAV and T1/T2 for Net Contents.

The Net Content Control feature in ProFicient 4 will provide support for these requirements. Inside of the SPC applications, the control boundaries can be displayed and reports can be created that include these parameters.

Sampling Requirements

ProFicient 4 allows users to define sampling requirements. This feature is critical in ensuring that users are collecting enough data and that the data is being collected at the appropriate intervals. The corresponding Sampling Compliance Report that allows users to determine if they are collecting enough data to meet customer requirements or regulatory mandates.

Triggers and Actions

ProFicient 4 will include user-definable conditions which incorporate "triggers" and "actions" as part of the new Sampling Requirement features. Based on the results of a data collection operation, these triggers and actions can be used to dynamically alter sampling requirements, display messages, send emails, launch applications, open documents and more.

For example, users can automatically create a sampling request for your lab based on data collection results from the production floor. The lab personnel can be notified of the requirement via email or they can view a display of their current data collection tasks via the new Dynamic Scheduler utility.

The ability to create dynamic data collection workflows and automatic notifications along with the new Sampling Requirement Compliance report will be particularly beneficial to users in the regulated industries, such as food and pharmaceutical.

Dynamic Scheduler

The Dynamic Scheduler displays a schedule of data collection activities. When it's time to collect data, an alert pops up on the computer screen indicating to the operator that data must be collected. The alert will remain on the screen until the data has been entered into the system. Dynamic Scheduler helps to ensure that sampling requirements are met by notifying the operator of data collection tasks. The SPC application does not need to be open for the dynamic scheduler to be running.

Process State, Scheduling & Reporting

Extensive enhancements are incorporated in ProFicient 4 which track process state changes (i.e. startup, running, scheduled down time). These process states are used for scheduling purposes and as a basis for additional analysis--which is useful in compliance reporting. These reporting enhancements will be particularly beneficial to users in the regulated industries, such as food and pharmaceutical, who must document that data collection requirements are being met.

Enhanced Data Entry to Support HACCP and SSOP Checks

ProFicient 4 offers a visual checklist for the operator to conduct HACCP and SSOP checks. The checklist display requires the operator to answer questions and/or confirm that these checks have been performed.

Enhanced Capability Report

The SPC Enterprise edition offers a new Capability Report that dynamically adds and removes rows based upon the report's master data selection. For example, if you configure the report's data selection to include all rows for the Active Data Entry Part, the entire report automatically refreshes when you select a new part.

Report Writer Upgrade

ProFicient 4 offers new templates and new template functionality including Certificate of Analysis (COA) and other customer reporting.